


Collection Description
Collection Title
F. Gilbert Webb collection: Bach-Beethoven-Brahms Festival (1915)
Unique Identifier
Mus. 318 d.25
Description
Programmes for six performances given at the Queen's Hall, London, between 19 April and 24 April 1915 as the Bach-Beethoven-Brahms Festival, held as a bound volume.
Concerts were given by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Henri Verbrugghen. Concert nos. 2 and 4-6 featured the Leeds Choir.
All programmes include the words of the vocal pieces, a list of the orchestral ensemble, and Analytical and Historical Notes by F. Gilbert Webb (some with musical examples).
19 April: John Coates (vocal), Arnold Dolmetsch (piccoloviolin and harpsichord), Mrs Gordon Woodhouse (harpsichord) and Miss Jenny Cullen and Mr James Scott Fleming (violin).
20 April: Bach, Mass in B minor, with Miss Carrie Tubb, Miss Phyllis Lett, Mr John Coates, Mr William Hayle and Mr Robert Radford (vocal).
21 April: Miss Sybil Vane (vocal) and Mr Arthur de Greef (piano).
22 April: including Beethoven, Mass in D, with Miss Agnes Nicholls, Miss Ruby Heyl, Mr Wester Millar and Mr Robert Radford (vocal).
23 April: Mr Evlyn Howard-Jones (piano) and Madame Kirkby Lunn (alto).
24 April: Brahms, Requiem/Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, with Miss Lilian Stiles-Allen, Miss Ruby Heyl, Mr Harold Wilde and Mr Herbert Heyner (vocal).
Concerts were given by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Henri Verbrugghen. Concert nos. 2 and 4-6 featured the Leeds Choir.
All programmes include the words of the vocal pieces, a list of the orchestral ensemble, and Analytical and Historical Notes by F. Gilbert Webb (some with musical examples).
19 April: John Coates (vocal), Arnold Dolmetsch (piccoloviolin and harpsichord), Mrs Gordon Woodhouse (harpsichord) and Miss Jenny Cullen and Mr James Scott Fleming (violin).
20 April: Bach, Mass in B minor, with Miss Carrie Tubb, Miss Phyllis Lett, Mr John Coates, Mr William Hayle and Mr Robert Radford (vocal).
21 April: Miss Sybil Vane (vocal) and Mr Arthur de Greef (piano).
22 April: including Beethoven, Mass in D, with Miss Agnes Nicholls, Miss Ruby Heyl, Mr Wester Millar and Mr Robert Radford (vocal).
23 April: Mr Evlyn Howard-Jones (piano) and Madame Kirkby Lunn (alto).
24 April: Brahms, Requiem/Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, with Miss Lilian Stiles-Allen, Miss Ruby Heyl, Mr Harold Wilde and Mr Herbert Heyner (vocal).
Format
Date range of collection
1915 - 1915
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Woodhouse, Gordon (Mrs) -
- Wilde, Harold -
- Webb, F. Gilbert -
- Verbrugghen, Henri -
- Vane, Sybil -
- Tubb, Carrie -
- Stiles-Allen, Lillian -
- Radford, Robert -
- Nicholls, Agnes -
- Millar, Webster -
- Lunn, Kirkby 1873 - 1930
- London Symphony Orchestra -
- Lett, Phyllis -
- Leeds Choir -
- Howard-Jones, Evlyn -
- Heyner, Herbert -
- Heyl, Ruby -
- Hayle, William -
- Fleming, James Scott -
- Dolmetsch, Arnold -
- de Greef, Arthur -
- Cullen, Jenny -
- Coates, John 1865 - 1941
- Brahms, Johannes -
- Beethoven, Ludwig van -
- Bach, Johann Sebastian -
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Location Details
Bodleian Library, Music Library
Broad Street,Music Library Oxford OX1 3BG Open Map
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Collections Overview
The collection has very strong holdings of British music and related material acquired in part by legal deposit. Many collected editions and scholarly series. Very strong periodical coverage, including major 19thC European journals. Largest collection of American song material in UK.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
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Accrual Status
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